SWS: 93% of Pinoys hopeful for 2022

At least 93% of Filipinos are facing the New Year with hope even amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed.

The result of SWS poll, conducted last December 12 to 16, is slightly higher than the 91% for the same period last year. However, the 2020 and 2021 poll results are slightly lower than 96% recorded in pre-COVID-19 year of 2019.

The 2021 survey also showed that 7% of Filipinos will enter the New Year with fear, a figure unchanged from 2020.

The question posed by SWS went "Ang darating na taon ba ay inyong sasalubungin nang may pag-asa o may pangamba? (Is it with hopes or with fears that you enter the coming year?)."

Highest hopes

The highest hope rating was recorded in Metro Manila at 95%, followed by Balance Luzon and Mindanao which are both at 93% and Visayas at 90%.

Hope increased in Metro Manila (from 90% in 2020 to 95% in 2021), Balance Luzon (from 92% to 93%) and Visayas (from 88% to 90%), but it stayed at 93% in Mindanao.

Hopefuls across all educational groups also increased, with hope among elementary graduates at 90% in 2021 from 89% in 2020, among junior high school graduates at 94% from 92%, and among college graduates at 98% from 94%.

The December 2021 SWS non-commissioned poll was conducted using face-to-face interviews of 1,440 individuals aged 18 years old and above nationwide, broken down to 360 individuals each in Balance Luzon, Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao.

The sampling error margins are ±2.6% for national percentages, and ±5.2% for Balance Luzon, Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao.—AOL, GMA News